List of digital forensics tools

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During the 1980s, most digital forensic investigations consisted of "live analysis", examining digital media directly using non-specialist tools. In the 1990s, several freeware and other proprietary tools (both hardware and software) were created to allow investigations to take place without modifying media. This first set of tools mainly focused on computer forensics, although in recent years similar tools have evolved for the field of mobile device forensics.[1]

Computer forensics

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Main article: computer forensics
Name Platform License Version Description
Magnet AXIOM cross-platform proprietary 1.0.1 A complete digital forensics platform for acquisition, analysis and sharing from Magnet Forensics.
EnCase Windows proprietary 7.10 Multi-purpose forensic tool
Wireshark cross-platform GPL n/a Open-source packet capture/analyzer, backend library used is [win]pcap.
SANS Investigative Forensics Toolkit - SIFT Ubuntu 2.1 Multi-purpose forensic operating system
Registry Recon Windows proprietary 2.0.0.0530 Forensics tool that rebuilds Windows registries from anywhere on a hard drive and parses them for deep analysis.
EPRB Windows proprietary 1435 Set of tools for encrypted systems & data decryption and password recovery
Digital Forensics Framework Unix-like/Windows GPL 1.3 Framework and user interfaces dedicated to Digital Forensics
OSForensics[2][3] Windows proprietary 3.3 Multi-purpose forensic tool
FTK Windows proprietary 6.0.1 Multi-purpose tool, FTK is a court-cited digital investigations platform built for speed, stability and ease of use.
PTK Forensics LAMP proprietary 2.0 GUI for The Sleuth Kit
The Coroner's Toolkit Unix-like IBM Public License 1.19 A suite of programs for Unix analysis
COFEE Windows proprietary n/a A suite of tools for Windows developed by Microsoft
The Sleuth Kit Unix-like/Windows IPL, CPL, GPL 4.1.2 A library of tools for both Unix and Windows
Categoriser 4 Pictures[4] Windows freeware 4.0.2 Image categorisation tool develop, available to law enforcement
Open Computer Forensics Architecture Linux LGPL/GPL 2.3.0 Computer forensics framework for CF-Lab environment
CAINE Linux Linux free/open source 7.0 Gnu/Linux computer forensics live distro.
SafeBack[5] N/a proprietary 3.0 Digital media (evidence) acquisition and backup
Windows To Go n/a proprietary n/a Bootable operating system
Netherlands Forensic Institute / Xiraf[6] n/a proprietary n/a Computer-forensic online service.

Memory forensics

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Main article: memory forensics

Memory forensics tools are used to acquire and/or analyze a computer's volatile memory (RAM). They are often used in incident response situations to preserve evidence in memory that would be lost when a system is shutdown, and to quickly detect stealthy malware by directly examining the operating system and other running software in memory.

Name Vendor/Sponsor Platform License
WindowsSCOPE BlueRISC Windows proprietary
Volatililty Volatile Systems Windows & Linux Free (GPL)

Mobile device forensics

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Main article: mobile device forensics

Mobile forensics tools tend to consist of both a hardware and software component. Mobile phones come with a diverse range of connectors, the hardware devices support a number of different cables and perform the same role as a write blocker in computer devices.

Name Platform License Version Description
Magnet AXIOM[7] cross-platform proprietary 1.0.1 A software platform for acquisition, analysis and sharing from Magnet Forensics
MicroSystemation XRY/XACT[8] Windows proprietary Hardware/Software package, specializes in deleted data

Other

Name Platform License Version Description
HashKeeper Windows free n/a Database application for storing file hash signatures
Evidence Eliminator Windows proprietary 6.03 Anti-forensics software, claims to delete files securely
DECAF Windows free n/a Tool which automatically executes a set of user defined actions on detecting Microsoft's COFEE tool

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